Weather strip for doors



A. o. PETERSEN WEATHER STRIP FOR DOORS Filed May 12.. 1922 Patented Oct. :16, .1923,

ALBERT o. r TERsEN, or SLAT EWYO ING.

V and vention and mounted in operative position WEATHER- s'rIiIr F03 noon's, Q

" Application filed May 12, 1922.: lseriainoiseoeea.

- To all whom'it may Comm; 1 Y

Be it known that ALBERT O. PETERSEN;

a citizen of theUnited States'of America, residing at Slater, in the countyiof Platte, and State of Vyomi'ng, has invented nen useful "Improvements :in leather Strips for Doors, of whieh'thefollowing is a specification.

The object ofthe invention is to pro vide a simple and efficient water shed and protecting strip for doors and other swing-' ing' closures adapted to be. brought nto operativeipositio by the closing ofthe door and be raised so as to clearthe sill or threshold during the swinging movement'off th i door to avoid interference therewith; and in connection with-the foregoingobjeet to provide a deviceovhichmay readily be applied to a door or like closure without necessitating any change in or modification ofthe latter; and with these objects in View thev invention consists in a construction and combination-of partsi of which a preferred embodiment is shown r in the accompanying drawings. wliereina- Fi ure I isfan elevation of a weather a j v v V strip constructed in accordance with the 1niipon a. door. 7 o i v c Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. 7 1 t Figure 3 is a j-view similar to Figurei showing the Weather strip ,inkits elevated or sill clearing Figures sand 5 are detail views respecti vely of the lifting spring and the actua subject to bendingvor distortion in use is or like fastening ;means. The strip 10 ting cam; r

The strip 10 which is preferably 'con- .structcd of hard woodas beingmore" durable and effective by reason of not being;

hingedly mounted as at 11 upon the door 12 through the intervention of an attachingi head. 13 preferablyhaving bevelededges t'o'present a neat appearanc'eand being attached to the door by means of screws '14- wliichds thus free toswing toward and from the plane of the door and is beveled hat its lower edge" as shown at 15'for effecv tive contact r'with the surfaceotthe sill 16,

position, the door beingv shown partly ope a yieldin gly'lheld in a 'ele'vat ed "position 7 movement of the'door by means of a SPIlIlgthe head 13 or o "the door proper and having a terminal 17 attached preferably" to head 18 for engagement with a stop 19eon; sistingin th construction illustrated-of a 'keep'er'ca rried by the swinging strip or leaf '1O and through which the "shank of the spring projects for guidance; The contact of the head 18 with the stopserves to limit or leaf 10.

is depressed into contactwith the sillvas the door reaches itsclosed position as indicated inFigure 2, 1 said cam bar being arranged in flat relation with, the frame and lience aii'ording no obstacle to passage through the doorwayyso that (when the door is 'openthere isino featureof the weather i strip'tointerfere with ingressand egress.

Anordinary thresholdstrip or steel bar 22 i may be employed a s is common particularly -W1th OutS1Cledoors.

I Having desc'ribedthe invention, what is claimed as new and useful is:f

Means for weather-proofing a-closurc structure, having a movablefclosure member', a sill, and. an upright frame I member,

said meansdcomprising a bar normally carriedlby said movable member, a stripicai ried by said bar, resilient means forelevating said strip to clear said s ll and means normally carr ed by said upr ght member for depressingsaid strip vwhen the movable member is closed, said resilient elevating means consisting ot' a spring arm disposed beneath theestrip and provided with a. ter-' 'min'ally headed shank, and a keeper mount ed on the strip on} theiinderface thereof and disposed straddling-relation with the shank for engagementby thehe'ad to limit the u the strip. s

In "testimony whereof he afilXQ hisr ig f" nature.

pward movement ofqithfl free edge of; v l v V i A I 1' 

